Best Creature Collector Games on Steam
Games about finding, training, evolving, battling, or befriending collectible creatures.
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1Palworld
- Players say: Capture versatile Pals, survive an open world, and build a base where your creatures fight, farm, craft, and automate. Players like: Rewarding Exploration · Base Automation · Useful Pals
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Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Jul 9, 2026
In this game, you can…
- hand a sheep a rocket launcher and let it wipe out a bandit camp for you.
- lasso a fire-breathing duck and hook it up to your base generator for electricity.
- put cute creatures on an assembly line to mine ore and mass-produce ammo around the clock.
- craft guns after starting out with nothing on a beach.
- catch creatures, then assign them to fight, mount, and work at your base before everyone eats and sleeps together.
- use your creatures to run your whole base: smelt, harvest, haul, build structures, and keep production going as long as they're fed.
- ride creatures across land, sea, and sky to reach places you can't access on foot.
- enter a boss portal that tells you what's inside, kill or capture the boss, and bring it home in a loot explosion.
2WEBFISHING
- Players say: Play as a customizable animal angler, catching fish, filling a journal, upgrading gear, and chatting in a shared camp. Players like: Relaxed Social Fishing · Fish Journal Collecting · Cozy Visual Style
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WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Oct 11, 2024
In this game, you can…
- marry a stranger at a private-island wedding, get served snacks and bait, and watch the whole relationship end when the ceremony does.
- pull up a fish so huge it fills the entire skybox.
- wander into hidden spots and intentional out-of-bounds areas, then link flags so everyone can reach the secret space from spawn.
- cast your line, walk away, and come back later to find a fish still waiting on the hook.
- play instruments together in the lobby, from guitar and tambourine to keyboard-like jam sessions.
- hang out in public camps that work like a chatroom, lobby-hop all day, and eventually host your own room for new people to join.
- draw on the ground with chalk and crayons while everyone fishes and talks nearby.
- buy scratch cards, gamble for a big win, and spiral into more side activities instead of fishing.
3Slime Rancher 2
- Players say: Explore Rainbow Island as Beatrix LeBeau, vacuum up slimes, raise them for plorts, and craft upgrades for your ranch. Players like: Cute Slime Designs · Colorful Island World · Relaxing Ranching
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Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, Slime Rancher.
Sep 23, 2025
In this game, you can…
- forget your coop and come back to rivers of chickens filling entire areas, forcing you to cull the swarm just to move again.
- hunt moonlit nectar that only appears at night, one flower at a time, just to keep flutter slimes fed.
- unlock drones that automate ranch chores so your farm can run while you explore.
- sail across the Slime Sea to a whole new island.
- crossbreed slimes into largos that produce two kinds of plorts.
- unlock treasure pods right from the start and pull major upgrades out of them.
- place gadgets anywhere on your glass-walled conservatory ranch and redesign it whenever you want.
- blast spreading Tarr outbreaks with stored water before they convert your whole corral.
- start a snowball fight with your slimes.
4My Singing Monsters
- Players say: Breed and collect sound-making monsters, then build islands where their voices combine into evolving musical tracks. Players like: Layered Island Songs · Distinctive Monster Designs · Breeding Discoveries
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Dive into the Musical World of My Singing Monsters! Breed them, feed them, listen to them sing! Breed & collect a menagerie of Monsters, each a living instrument! Build your paradise across 35+ Islands, customize your world, and enjoy endless music! There's never a dull moment in the Monster World!
Mar 24, 2021
In this game, you can…
- build a song by placing monsters until new melodies emerge and the loop turns into a full island-sized composition.
- mute individual monsters or change their volume so the same island plays a different arrangement on demand.
- move your monsters into a separate battle island to fight in quest-style turn-based battles and win new costumes.
- breed monsters with hatch times that range from hours to weeks, chasing rare results with tiny odds that can take repeated attempts.
- send monsters you've raised to a separate Gold Island, then start rebuilding new ensembles back on your other islands again.
- play daily minigames like memory, spin, and scratch to earn rewards while the monsters shout their sounds back at you.
- set up coin-earning monsters and place mines that generate diamonds each day, then reinvest into more islands, buildings, and upgrades.
- collect over 250 monsters with unique sounds, then watch your island become a living chorus as each one joins the track.
5Travellin Cats in Paris
- Players say: Search a hand-drawn Paris scene for 100 hidden cats, click each one, and uncover small extras in a relaxed object hunt. Players like: Relaxing Atmosphere · Hand-Drawn Paris Art · Cute Cat Details
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Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Jul 16, 2023
In this game, you can…
- turn each cat you click blue, hear it meow, and unlock an achievement for every single one.
- hunt down 100 hidden cats in one big hand-drawn black-and-white Paris scene.
- finish the cat hunt, then unlock a timed mode where you try to clear the whole scene in under three minutes.
- find five seagulls hidden in the scene to unlock a "Not A Cat" achievement.
- click bikes to ring their bells, trigger voices behind doors, and make the scene play little sounds like ship horns and car engines.
- check every cat's individual name, then track which specific named cats you're still missing as you keep searching.
- use a hint that briefly points to the area of a missing cat, disappears fast, and can be tapped again immediately.
- find the final cat, then watch fireworks go off as the full scene completion reward.
6Spirit City: Lofi Sessions
- Players say: Build a cozy focus room, mix lo-fi music and ambient sounds, manage tasks, and uncover spirits by matching their preferred settings. Players like: Calming Soundscapes · Room Customization · Useful Focus Tools
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Spirit City: Lofi Sessions is a gamified focus tool, set to a soothing lofi soundtrack. Discover and collect Spirits, customize your cozy virtual space, and facilitate your real-life tasks with a collection of handy features designed to improve concentration and ease stress.
Apr 8, 2024
In this game, you can…
- read clue entries and combine activity, time, sounds, and lighting to lure a specific spirit into appearing
- open an in-game YouTube browser to play your own podcasts or livestreams without leaving, then mix them with in-game rain or white noise
- customize layered ambience in real time with rain, thunder, fireplace crackle, birds, cooking, dishwasher, typing, and cat purring at separate volumes
- set exact work/break timers, loop them, or run a stopwatch, then get a gentle break cue that nudges you to stretch or drink water
- check off real-life tasks or finish timers to earn XP and currency, then immediately spend it on outfits, decor, and new spirits
- pet your spirit companion after you've unlocked it, and keep unlocking more spirits and cosmetic skins as you level up
- build multiple room presets by changing weather, time of day, lighting, your avatar's activity, outfits, decor, and which spirit hangs out with you
- leave the game running while you study or do chores, and glance over to see your avatar quietly doing the same routine beside you
7Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
- Players say: As a cyber detective and hacker, investigate digital-world mysteries, collect Digimon, and build a team for turn-based battles. Players like: Branching Digivolution · Large Digimon Roster · Strategic Turn-Based Battles
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With engaging storylines, classic turn-based battles, and tons of Digimon to collect, Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition delivers everything fans loved about Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory.
Oct 17, 2019
In this game, you can…
- collect and raise 341 different monsters for teams built around favorites, nostalgia picks, or whatever theme you want.
- bring three fighters into battle while eight more sit in reserve, still gaining experience so your whole lineup keeps growing.
- play two full campaigns that share progression, letting the second story run alongside the same timeline from a different perspective.
- solve internet crime cases as a cyber detective while the story flips between Tokyo streets and a full-on online world.
- de-digivolve a monster back down, rebuild it, and hop across a branching evolution web to chase specific stats and inherited skills.
- leave monsters on a farm to train, craft items, and search for cases while you keep adventuring elsewhere.
- use hacking abilities to remove roadblocks, change encounter rates, force fights, run faster, and warp back to dungeon entrances.
- swap multiple monsters mid-fight as speed reshuffles turn order, then use party-wide support skills and status effects to swing battles.
8Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
- Players say: As a student transformed into a Nahobino, explore ruined Tokyo, recruit demons, and fight over the world's next order. Players like: Strategic Turn Combat · Demon Fusion Builds · Demon Variety and Detail
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Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.
Jun 13, 2024
In this game, you can…
- turn a level 3 Pixie into an endgame monster through fusion, essences, and passives.
- save anywhere in the wasteland, right before a risky dungeon stretch.
- answer a sudden silhouette quiz during recruitment and get the demon instantly if you name it right.
- get shaken down by a demon in conversation and still end up recruiting it anyway.
- rebuild your protagonist into totally different roles and respec for a specific boss fight.
- chain extra turns by hitting weaknesses, then stack buffs and debuffs until the enemy collapses.
- ride Magatsu Rails, take shortcuts, and reach hidden pockets of land with treasure.
- choose between two full story routes—Canon of Creation or Canon of Vengeance—with different scenes and characters.
9Monster Sanctuary
- Players say: Explore a pixel-art sanctuary as a monster keeper, hatching creatures whose skills shape turn-based battles and traversal. Players like: Monster Team Synergies · Individual Skill Trees · Monster-Powered Exploration
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Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.
Dec 8, 2020
In this game, you can…
- use any captured monster as a map tool to swim, fly, break walls, burn vines, push blocks, and reach old secrets.
- keep even your earliest monsters viable into the endgame, including beating the final boss with a tutorial blob.
- chain three monsters so the first two build a combo counter and the third cashes it in for a massive finisher.
- reset skill trees cheaply and hatch new monsters near your current level so you can test fresh builds immediately.
- choose turn order on your side so you can stack buffs, shields, and debuffs before the enemy gets to act.
- fight 6v6 keeper duels where you read an opponent's lineup, spot their synergy, and swap in a tailored counter-team.
- build teams around wild themes like a goblin army, an unkillable pet rock, or a blob that turns into a nuker.
- shift monsters into light or dark forms to gain new passives and stat changes that can remake their role entirely.
10Cassette Beasts
- Players say: Stranded on New Wirral, record creatures onto tapes, transform to battle, and explore the island in a turn-based RPG. Players like: Memorable Soundtrack · Strategic Type Battles · Distinctive Beast Designs
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Collect awesome monsters to use during turn-based battles in this open-world RPG, now with online multiplayer mode. Combine any two monster forms using Cassette Beasts’ Fusion System to create unique and powerful new ones!
Apr 26, 2023
In this game, you can…
- record a monster onto a cassette tape, then play it back to turn into that beast in battle.
- fuse any two monster forms, even mid-battle, to create a brand-new combined form.
- stack sticker effects into absurd builds, like reflecting a one-hit kill back at the attacker or reviving and detonating on death.
- trigger elemental reactions that change types and pile on effects, like melting Plastic into Poison fumes or dousing Fire to weaken it.
- find rare bootleg monsters that aren't just recolors, but different elemental types with different move options.
- rip a powerful move sticker off one monster and slap it onto another, then swap moves around for free to rebuild your team anytime.
- turn monster abilities into permanent traversal tools, like gliding, swimming, wall-climbing, flying, and magnetizing yourself to pylons.
- team up in co-op and online play to roam the map together, trade tapes, and raid powerful rogue fusions for rewards.
